Vocabulary · Verbs
German Verbs List — A1 to C2 — Words 2,641–2,700
Continuing the list — words 2,641 to 2,700 of 2,742, still commonest first. Back to the start of the list.
2,742
entries
128
at A1
159
at A2
385
at B1
Each row links to the word's full entry — meanings, forms, examples and audio — on its own level page.
- entbrennen to break out, flare up, erupt
- verduften to lose its smell; to take off, scram
- zurücklehnen to recline, to lean back; to lie back, to sit back
- chillen to chill (in the informal sense)
- dehnen to stretch, to make longer or wider by pulling, pushing, extending
- brauen to brew
- jonglieren to juggle; juggling
- destabilisieren to destabilize
- drosseln to curb, choke, throttle
- legitimieren to legitimize
- unterschreiten to fall below
- vorausgehen to precede, to go ahead
- zerfressen to eat away, devour
- quieken to squeal
- schwenken to wave, to brandish (a long item, e.g. a flag or sword); to swivel (a lamp etc.)
- zerkratzen to scratch (leave a scratch mark on); to be scratched, get scratches
- mixen to mix (cause two or more substances to become combined or united); to mix (combine…
- auffrischen to refresh
- zutreffen to apply to, be applicable to
- verstimmen to annoy; to sound off
- knirschen to scrunch, to crunch; to gnash, to grind
- anschalten to switch on
- freihalten to keep free; to keep clear
- ausstoßen to emit; to eject, expel, discharge
- verstauen to stow
- fischen to fish
- auslesen to cull; to read, to read out
- befeuern to fuel; to fire upon
- beisteuern to contribute
- degradieren to demote (lower someone's position or rank); to degrade
- radikalisieren to radicalize, to radicalise
- muhen to moo (sound of a cow)
- kämmen to groom (hair), to comb, brush; to groom someone’s hair
- weiterkämpfen to continue to battle after a pause
- überschreiben to make over; to sign over (property); to title; to provide something with a heading
- bücken to bend down, to stoop
- bahnen to channel
- zumuten to demand something unreasonable, inappropriate, inconsiderate from someone or…
- brodeln to seethe, to bubble, to wallop; to dally, to trifle, to waste time
- quaken to quack; to croak
- reinplatzen to barge in
- erdulden to endure
- nagen to gnaw
- bemessen to assess, to measure, to proportion
- hochfahren to drive upwards/northwards; to boot
- formieren to deploy, to form up
- ebnen to level; to pave, prepare
- aufsagen to say, to recite
- mutieren to mutate
- restaurieren to restore
- ehelichen to espouse
- verfaulen to rot
- ausfahren to go out; to drive out
- vernaschen to eat up, to eat something with great pleasure; to have sex
- heimkehren to return home
- niederknien to kneel down, to genuflect
- abtauchen to submerge; to plunge, descend; to go to ground, disappear
- auffangen to catch (something thrown/ falling; someone before they reach their destination; an…
- herunterfallen to fall down
- befreunden to befriend, to become friends with, to make friends with
Common questions
How many German verbs should I know?
This list holds 2,742 verbs graded A1 to C2. 287 of them fall in A1–A2, which is the set worth knowing cold before anything else.
Are the verb forms included?
Yes — every verb entry lists the third-person present, the preterite and the past participle, plus whether it takes haben or sein in the perfect. Those four pieces are enough to build every tense.
Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.